He healed them ail, muſt be underitood of Sick. The Charge he gives 15 the ſame, which - have ofren mer With ; of which no fatisfaRory Account can = iven furcher, than thar knowing his time was not yer come, = h 4 ſo much work to do before his Death, he uſed all pru- IG — to preſerve his Life, reſerving himſelf for the further 0 bgch his Father left him ro do. The publiſhing af his awed would have made a great noife, and poſſibly have more cr che haviſces againſt him 3 neither did he ſeek his own — >ur che Glory of him that ſent him. !0ry, " ; 17 That it might ” fulfilled which was ſpoken © Eſ1725 the prophet, ſaying, OY krſ id this: chat is, he joe nimſelf when he heard whar Councels the Phariſces and Herodians had taken, He charged thoſe whom he had cured, thar they ſhould nor publiſh ir abroad ; to did choſe good Adts before ſpoken of, That it might be ful- witnd which was ſpiken by the Prophet ; Thar he mighr ſhew himſelt ro be the very Perſon whom the Propher [/ziah long fince did forercl , 1/4. 42- 1,2,3, 4 The Words in the Prophet are thus: Bold my Servant whom I uphold, mine Elect in whom my $5.1 celichterth : T have put my Spirit upon him, he ſhall bring forth 7,1:ment to the Gentiles. He ſhall not cry, nor lift up, nor cauſe his ico to be heard in the flrect. A bruiſed Reed ſhall he not break, «nd the (moaking Flax ſhall he not quench « or ſh.:ll bring forth Fudg- ment unro Truth. He ſhall not fil, nor be diſcouraged, till he hath 2: Fudsment in the Earth; and the Iſles ſhall wait for hs Law. Tous {:r char Propher. Let us now confder his Words, or Prophecy, 3s repeat2d by the Evangehlit, 18 * Behold, my ſervant whom I have choſen, my
fous Operations: thoſe rhar Were
- þ:loved * in whom my ſoul is well pleaſed : I will
pur my ſpirit upon him , and he thall {hew judg- 2m to the gentiles.
The Alteration is very little, and we muſt nor expett tro meer with Quotations our of the Old Teſtament Verbatim; it is enough thartze Senſe is the ſame. {Behold my Servant whom Thave chyſen. The word indifferently ſignifiech a Childor a Servant : Chrilt 1s calicd the Lord s Servant, becauſe he rook upon him the Form of a Servant, and became obedient even. to Death, Phil. 2. 7,8. [Whom T have chiſen, my Beloved in whom my Soul 3s well pleaſed. In 1/24 ic is, Whom T uphold, mine Ele in whom my Soul delighteth. Matthew ſeems to have lefr our Whom T uphold, and to have taken the next words, Mine Ele; and to have tranſlated them, hom I have choſen; which was all faid. by the Propher. God </e the Lord Jeſus Chriſt ro be our Redeemer, and the Head of the Ele; hence we are faid to be choſen in him, Eph. 1. 4. Peter faith, he was fore-ordained, 1 Pet.1.20. and 2.6. he is called a chief Corner-ſtone, Ele. | My Beloved in whom I am well pleaſed. | In J/aiah it is, In whom my Soul delighteth. The Senſe 1s the ſame: [172 ſhall bring forth Judgment to the Gentiles ,] or, to the Nations. The words, YDWA, Miſhphat in the Hebrew, ves in the Greek, and Judgment in the Engliſh, are all ſo varioutly uſed, as gives Interpreters a great Latitude to abound in their Senſes. The moſt probable co me is this, Fudgment ſignifies a thing adjudged ; all Judzment is either of Approbation or Condemnation. He ſhall bring firth; or , he ſhall ſhewv the things which God approverh and judzerh right , both in Matters of Do&rine, Worſhip, and the Groernment of the Church of God, and in Matters which concern the Government of Men's Lives and Converfarions; and to this end God promiſerh to pur his Spirit upon him; fo 1/2. 11. 2. and 61.1. And John tells us, it was not given him by meaſure, Cap. 3.24, Which 1s the ſame with being anvinted with the Oil of Gladneſs above his Fellows, Pfal. 4.5. 7. which the Apoſtle applicth to Chriſt, Heb. I. 9.
i9 He ſhall not ftrive, nor cry, veither {hall any
man hear his voice in the ſtreets.
Theſe words declare the Meckneſs, and Gentlenefs, and Mo- deſty of our Bleſſed Saviour : His Meehneſs, that he ſhould nor do his Work in any Paſſion, or Roughneſs, nor carry on his Kingdom with any Strite or Violence : Therefore when the Phariſees rook Councel againſt him, he made no oppoſition, bur peaceably withdrew, until the rime came when he was to be delivered ; and ther; hie as meekly yielded up himſelf , rebuking Peter for bur errvwing 2 ord for him, and healing his Ear which he had wouaded. Bis nor Crying , nor lifting up his Voice , or ſuffering his Veice to be heard in the Streets, might eirher ſignifie his Meeb- neſs; nor crying our to ſtir up 2157 ©-iviongor notſerting a Trumpet to bs Moth, waen F< {.:4 wreughta Miracle, chat People might take notice of *'-;, inſtead © it, he cliarged che Perſons healed not to pi”: it 18,
10 A brn1#::4 reed he ſhall not break, and ſmoak- Ing flax {hall he not Quench, until he- kath brought tort judmtourt unto vittory.
He ſhail carry on his Work with fo lirtle noiſe, that if he crod upen a by!3/2d Reed, he ſhould nor break it. Or, he ſhall not deſpiſe the Affi'Gied, that are as bruiſc! ReeJr, and ſmoaking Flax. But the beſt Expoſitocs interpret it of Chriſt's Lindne/s to Peyples Souls, He will no: diſcourage thoſe that arc weak in Faith, or weak- in pe. $S:0ching Flax, fignifieri Flax, in the kindling of which the Fire hath not prevailed," ar4 £ is a very pt Me- taphe* to expreſs ſach as believe, bur are full of Doults and Fears, or ſuch as have a Truth of Grac2, but yer much Corruption : Cirift is Prophecicd of, as 61e that will incourage, not Gifcou- rage tuch Souls. | Until he hath brought forth Fudzment unto Vi- &"3,) (Hſaiah faich) untoTiuth. Some think that Until here only zMtesthe Event of the thing, nor a term of time; tor there
ull never be a time when Chriſt ſh2!! break a b11i/ed Rezd, or quench a ſ1nnaking Flax, in the Senſe before mentioned. By 7:dg- ment here, may be meant as be:ore, whar his Farther hath judged right ; until he hath cauſed the DuQrine of the Geſpe), and rhe Wiſtzh, to be believed and imbraced of all the World. Or, un-
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tl! he ſhall have brought forth the Judzmenc of choſe broken